May 14th 2008 Va Beach -

John Wright — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:18:51 +0000

I still don’t have the long lens to replace the one I broke…so I decided to go with the 200 and shoot from the Jetty…now I need to sell some photos to pay for that ticket!

I’ll have more shots from the mid-afternoon but the break kind of far out for the 200mm so I’ll have to edit most of them.

Click on the image below to view the gallery

p.s. I realize the file names say May 15th….my bad

May 13- Good Surf - No Lens!

John Wright — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:28:20 +0000

It looks like the forecasts are calling it close to epic the next couple of days and I’m still without a big lens. Just to set the record straight - Cookie did not break my 400mm, we just needed somebody to blame and he was right there when it happened.

Anyway, my plans are to shoot in Va Beach on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, with the possibility of taking all day Wednesday off. I won’t have the usual reach but I should be able to manage. My hopes are plenty of lefts heading towards the jetty!

see ya on the beach.

Congrats Kellam High School…

John Wright — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:32:57 +0000

…for winning the Hurley Walk the Walk competition at the Norva tonight. I might have a photo or two to post tomorrow. Keep an eye on 17Th Street Surf Shop’s site for photos from the event.

3 weeks and nobody told me I spelled Kellam wrong?

April 19th 2008 Outer Banks ESA photos…

John Wright — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:27:15 +0000

At least I got half a day’s worth of shots before the accident…Good news is the Camera appears to be in perfect condition!

Got off about 331 photos before it all went south on me….All of these shots were taken in Raw format so most of the blown Highlights can be recovered. I wanted to get them all up so I didn’t edit them individually.

Click on the image below to see the entire gallery

April 18th, 2008 - Hatteras

John Wright — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:04:28 +0000

Hung out with Mickey ‘2M’ McCarthy on Friday. Did a session with Raven, Lucas, Brendan and a few others who started to show up…then after lunch headed a bit north to shoot some of the Local guys including, Noah, Jessie Hines and Chris McDonald.

For the most part it was breaking pretty far out and I couldn’t get the camera or my eyes to stay in focus…might need glasses!

Click on the image below to see the entire gallery

April 17, 2008 - 1st Street Va Beach - I’m back…

John Wright — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:40:30 +0000

…or at least I was back until the incident on Saturday.

Anywho, Here’s a small Gallery from a late afternoon session at 1st street in Va Beach.

Click on the image below to see the entire gallery

April 18th - Back to Surfing?

John Wright — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:28:41 +0000

I finally saw some surf this year, even took a few photos at 1st street on Thursday after work…Hopefully I’ll have those posted later tonight, Right now I’m packing up and Heading south to catch up with 2M for hopefully a much needes surf photo session….

stay tuned!

March 8, 2008 - I’m heading to the Outer Banks!

John Wright — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:50:31 +0000

Looks like it’s supposed to be 1-3ft overhead this weekend, with a possible cleaning up late Saturday and Sunday. I’m packing the gear and heading south, hopefully I’ll catch up with Mickey and get a long overdue surf photo session…stay tuned!

Also, the Admirals won last night, next game is next Friday I will be giving ticket vouchers away this week! 10 home games left!

Expect some surf this week…

John Wright — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:36:10 +0000

I’ll be out of town all week, so I expect there will be some decent surf again. Hopefully next weekend the Outer Banks will have some surf as I’ll be down there for the first time in 2008!

Be back on Friday….

john

ADMIRALS FANS… It’s on now!

John Wright — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:58:07 +0000

Not only has the team been on fire lately, Now Last season’s favorite Admirals ‘bad boy’ is back….Hopefully he’ll be on the ice on March 7th when the Admirals return to Scope, I have a feeling the crowds are going to grow, and anyone that’s been to a game this season knows that when the crowd is into it, the guys seem to respond with wins…..

Get off your butts and go see some games, I want to take a shot with a full crowd in the background!

Feb 27th - New York Rangers photos!

John Wright — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:33:41 +0000

Spent last weekend up in the NYC area and thanks to some good friends I was able to see all three NYC area NHL teams play…First on Saturday the Devils took it to the visiting Islanders ( Like a moron, I didn’t bring my camera, but next time I will) and then on Sunday night the Rangers owned the Florida Panthers 5-0. Pictures kinda suck, but what can ya do about that now?

Click on the image below to see the shots from the Rangers game at MSG

I’ll be in Las Vegas from the 3rd thru the 7th so I expect there should be some decent surf showing up on Monday and being gone by Saturday.

Admirals are back in town on the 7th, the team has kinda been on fire lately so come check out the action.

john

February 21st update and Photo of the week #7

John Wright — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:46:41 +0000

Sometimes I just like to spell out the word FEBRUARY because it just doesn’t look right…..

Anywho sports fans, just another mention, the shots from Monday appear overexposed on the website, I hosed something up in the batch conversion process and they are not blown, Pretty much every shot can be printed with the correct exposure and I can crop closer if you need, this new camera has plenty of room to work with cropping. I’ve also got my other camera back so I’m set now…bring on the surf!!!

This weekend I will be in and around NYC, going to see some NHL games and I get to shoot a Ranger’s game at THE GARDEN!!!

Here’s a shot of the moon from Monday’s session at 1st street

Back to Surfing 2008 ….

John Wright — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:13:03 +0000

Feb 18th, Presidents Day….I was off work today for the Holiday and sometime around 11am I was checking the site out and noticed the Surfline links on the left said it was 4-5ft and fair in VB, So I drove down there and pretty much shot the entire day.

Please note…many of these shots appear over exposed, not to worry, they are all fine, I just didn’t have time to convert all the images and get them ready to upload so I batched everything without adjusting. I’ll fix anything when/if it is ordered, I’m also working with a new camera so I have much more flexibility when it comes to cropping.

Click on the image below to view the entire gallery…(note this image has been editted, it appears washed out in the gallery).

Damn…some people are quick, The gallery already has views and It just finished uploading…. enjoy

Feb 16 Update —- Admirals Game tonight!

John Wright — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:37:54 +0000

I’m back from West Va. Got home just in time to make it to the Admirals game last night and I’m glad I didn’t miss that.

The Admirals have been on Fire lately scoring standings points in 8 of their last 10 games including 6 wins. Last nights game was pretty one sided with the Ads taking a 4-1 lead into the third period when all hell broke loose and everyone on the ice squared off including the goalies 166 total penalty minutes were handed out! Same teams play tonight at 7:15pm so come on out and cheer the team on.

GO FIGURE!! I just saw the surf Alerts for this week….

John Wright — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:31:50 +0000

…and I’m stuck in lovely Charleston, West Va until friday night!!!!!

(check out the Surfline surf alerts on the left side of the page)

Looks like I’m gonna miss another swell, might change the site name to WrightCoastHockeyTurtlesLions.com

john

Lions and Tigers and Tiger Cubs and Turtles….

John Wright — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:37:14 +0000

I am officially a member of the Virginia Aquarium so I can take pictures of the Turtles whenever I feel like it.

Click on the Turtle image to view the gallery from the Virginia Aquarium… Clickon the Photo of the Lion and two cubs to view images from the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk.

Still working on the Admirals Game photos and ArenaCross at the Hampton Coliseum.

Friday February 7th - update

John Wright — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:05:29 +0000

First, the Admirals have turned it on recently and have points in their last 7 games (meaning they have won 5 games, and taken the other 2 to Overtime and the ever popular shoot-out) There are home games Tonight and Tomorrow and the Photo link will be published this weekend as soon as I’m done editting all the new stuff.

Second…I realize that I went 1,2,3,4,6 on the photo of the week…my bad. This one should make up for the missing week and is a preview of some shots I’ve taken at the Va Aquarium. Side note, I might be going on a whale watch the weekend of March 7th with some friends, if anybody wants to go take photos with me, send an email.

And finally…it looks like this Saturday is going to be in the mid-60’s so I’m probably going to be hitting the zoo in Norfolk in the afternoon before the game so if you like any of the following…Hockey, Turtles, Animals and Motocross….I should have all the new photos up sometime Sunday.

thanks,

john

Photo of the week #6

John Wright — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:51:43 +0000

Here’s the #6 of the 2008 photo of the week posts…anyone wanna take a bet on when I start slacking off and not posting these?

Taken at a recent Admirals game!

Stay tuned for a new Admirals photo gallery as well as more Sea Turtles from the Va Aquarium and a whole days worth of ArenaCross action from the Hampton Coliseum…..

So I missed another swell…at least I still have Hockey.

John Wright — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:36:57 +0000

The Admirals are at home for 3 games next week, and 3 games the following week… Stay tuned this weekend if you want some free tickets!

I’m also working on an Admirals photo gallery that will be up shortly.

I’ll also be updating the purchase info to reflect a few new sizes that I’ll be offering up to 13×19 as well as more detailed info on purchasing.

Thanks,

john

2008 Photo of the Week #4

John Wright — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:57:26 +0000

Here’s a Hockey photo…Admirals #46 Scalzo scores against Albany.